If only it were true.
Fact is, the media will bury these points. Most Americans will never hear about them again. These points will be forgotten by Saturday, and what will remain will be the impressions that were formed tonight.
And the consensus seems to be that Kerry won on impressions.
No, you got it backwards.
People will remember the lines 'we did not need that tax cut' 'global testing' and 'nuke fuel for Iran',
the 'perception' will fade,but those words won't